Table 1.
Tumor by Malignancy | Tumor by Location | |||||||||||
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Enrollment | Original N | Final N | % Total Cohort | Mean Age, y | Person- years at Risk | Mean Follow-up Time, y | N Total Brain Tumor |
N Nonmalignant Brain Tumor |
N Malignant Brain Tumor |
N Tumor in Meninges | N Tumor in Brain | |
EPIC-Umeå, Sweden | 1992–96 | 25 600 | 24 997 | 97 | 45.9 | 335 293 | 14 | – | – | 63 | 21 | 34 |
HUBRO, Norway | 2000–01 | 21 363 | 18 974 | 89 | 48.2 | 161 377 | 9 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 21 |
CEANS, Swedena | 1992–2002 | 22 036 | 19 224 | 87 | 56.5 | 199 113 | 11 | – | – | 37 | 21 | 16 |
DCH, Denmark | 1993–97 | 38 064 | 37 250 | 98 | 56.8 | 552 776 | 16 | 200 | 106 | 94 | 73 | 108 |
EPIC-NL, Netherlandsb | 1993–97 | 36 505 | 31 826 | 87 | 50.3 | 375 875 | 12 | 64 | 23 | 41 | 18 | 43 |
VHM&PP, Austria | 1985–2005 | 131 907 | 131 187 | 99 | 41.3 | 2 332 547 | 19 | – | – | 176 | – | 182 |
EPIC-Varese, Italy | 1993–97 | 11 893 | 10 571 | 89 | 51.6 | 113 976 | 12 | 34 | 20 | 15 | – | – |
EPIC-Turin, Italy | 1993–2008 | 8774 | 8165 | 93 | 50.3 | 115 519 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 16 |
EPIC, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; HUBRO, Oslo Health Study; CEANS, Cardiovascular Effects of Air Pollution and Noise in Stockholm; DCH, Danish Diet, Health and Cancer cohort; VHM&PP, Vorarlberg Health Monitoring and Prevention Programme. aPooled data from the 4 cohorts from Stockholm, Sweden: SNAC-K, SALT/Twin gene, 60 y/IMPROVE, and SDPP. bPooled data from 2 Dutch cohorts: EPIC-MORGEN and EPIC-PROSPECT.